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Klondike Limestone Deposit

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodity Cement Rock
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089539
MRDS ID W027290
Record type Site
Current site name Klondike Limestone Deposit
Related records 10203178

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.73265, 38.76387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1396
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTH OF MOAB. 1 MILE EAST OF GRAND CO. AIRPORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Klondike Bluffs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 020E 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SE 1/4 , NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 SEC. 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cement Rock Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result TEST WELL NO. K-6 , INTERVAL THICKNESS 43 FEET, 36.49 % CAO, 65.13 %, CACO3 , 16.99 % SIO2 , 5.27 % AL2O3 , 2.78 % MGO, 34.58 % LOSS ON IGNITION

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Dakota Formation, Klondike Limestone Member
    Rock description Dakota Formation, Klondike Limestone Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.73265, 38.76387
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Courthouse Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, BLANKET
    Thickness 13.72M
    Length 7241.85M
    Width 1609.3M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 19.81M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE KLONDIKE LIMESTONE MEMBER IS A NAME SUGGESTED FOR THIS DISTINCT, ALTHOUGH LIMITED, UNIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moab Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Buttes Gas And Oil Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURE IS FOR TOTAL RESERVES COVERED BY NOT MORE THAN 25 FEET OF OVERBURDEN
  • RESERVES BASED ON 45 FOOT THICKNESS OF CEMENT ROCK WITH 5 FEET OR LESS OVERBURDEN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FEW TEST CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GEOLOGIC REPORT, KLONDIKE AREA, GRAND CO. UTAH, BY DELHI - TAYLOR OIL CORP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOLOGIC REPORT, KLONDIKE AREA, GRAND CO. UTAH, BY DELHI - TAYLOR OIL CORP., 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESCRIPTION INFORMATION IS FOR TEST WELL K-6 NEAR CENTER OF AREA. THICKNESS OVERALL RANGES FROM 25 TO 50 FEET AND DEPTH TO TOP RANGES FROM 0 TO 25 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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